Effects of Social Context on Social Interaction and Self-Injurious Behavior in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Arron, Kate; Oliver, Chris; Hall, Scott; Sloneem, Jenny; Forman, Debbie; McClintock, Karen
Titel	Effects of Social Context on Social Interaction and Self-Injurious Behavior in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 111 (2006) 3, S.184-192 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
DOI	10.1352/0895-8017(2006)111[184:EOSCOS]2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Social Environment; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Destructive Behavior; Alienation; Research Methodology; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Environmental Influences; Genetics; Disabilities; Children; Congenital Impairments; Socialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Umfeld; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Entfremdung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Humangenetik; Handicap; Behinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	Cornelia de Lange syndrome is reported to be associated with self-injurious behavior (SIB) and social avoidance. We used analog methodology to examine the effect of manipulating adult social contact on social communicative behaviors and SIB in 16 children with this syndrome. For 9 participants engagement behavior was related to levels of adult attention, and SIB showed significant variability across conditions for 3 participants. These findings indicate that SIB can be affected by environmental factors, even though it is thought to be part of the behavioral phenotype of Cornelia de Lange syndrome and suggest that individuals with this syndrome show socially motivated attention-soliciting behaviors. The implications for gene-environment interactions are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10